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Athletic Board votes to change drug policy By Cheyenne Langkamp The Daily Cardinal
The University of WisconsinMadison Athletic Board unanimously endorsed an update to the drug testing policy that oversees student-athletes Friday, aiming to emphasize therapy before punishment and offer student-athletes additional protections from unwarranted testing. Norman Fost, athletic board member and professor in the
School of Medicine and Public Health and a major contributor to the new policy, called the changes a major rewrite of the current policy, and a unique example of a board-initiated activity. “This is very gratifying, this is literally four years in the making,” Fost said. He said he felt the changes to the policy were necessary to help counsel student-athletes who may be abusing substances before pun-
ishing them. Additionally, the policy increases protections surrounding testing based on reasonable suspicion. The new policy requires coaches to consult a team physician in deciding whether a random test is warranted. Fost said the change is meant to be a procedural protection from unilateral discretion on the part of coaching staff.
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Sustainability Fair explores future of environmentalism By Tamar Myers The Daily Cardinal
When Paul Robbins addressed a crowd of young environmentalists Saturday, he devoted a part of his speech to Frankenstein, Mary Shelley’s classic gothic novel. “What’s the moral of the story?” he asked the group, mostly students in environmental organizations. Robbins is the director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and was the keynote speaker at Saturday’s Associated Students of Madison Sustainability Fair, where he spoke to students about environmentalism in the future. Humans are constantly creating their own “monsters,” technological developments that according to Robbins, “most of us are terrified of.” The lesson of Frankenstein, Robbins said, is that no technology should be feared or automatically dismissed. The event was held by the ASM Sustainability Committee with the goal of creating a space for organizations to network and finding ways for the new committee to support established organizations’ efforts. “That doesn’t mean we have
to love everything—I don’t have to love DDT,” Robbins said. “But we’re going to have to not assume a priori… that all of these things are off the table.” This led to three rules Robbins outlined for sustainability in the future. Rule number one: love your monsters. Robbins, for instance, said he
supports using natural gas, which he said has lowered the university’s energy footprint. Robbins emphasized creating a realistic and ethical future for the environment. His other rules included sparing developing
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Third time’s the charm
The Daily Cardinal completed a three-peat in its annual softball game against The Badger Herald Saturday at Vilas Park. See page eight for full story. + Photo by Wil Gibb
Professor Profile: John Hawks, anthropologist and Neanderthal researcher Hawks said. “These are ancient people that we’ve known about University of Wisconsin- for a long time that no longer exist Madison professor John Hawks to speak for themselves. As a says one of the best parts researcher, to be able to give of his job is the opportunithem a voice and show that ty to speak for those who we’re connected to them has lived a long time ago. been really important to me.” Hawks, an anthropolHawks has been feaogy professor who started tured as a guest expert teaching for the departon various television proment in 2002, researches grams, including National two different aspects of Geographic and the Neanderthal evolution. Science Channel’s Through HAWKS The first is Neanderthal the Wormhole. genetics, which Hawks said is an He said more students on important facet for learning more campus should take advantage about modern human biologi- of the wide variety of resources cal makeup. Hawks takes ancient available from himself and other bone matter and compares samples experts on campus. to discover what modern humans “Our researchers at the UW inherited from Neanderthals. are often very visible internationHawks also studies the pro- ally… so it’s neat to be able to show gression of humans since the them that someone they’ve taken a Agricultural Revolution, specifi- class from is an expert in a field,” cally the changes within the last Hawks said. 10,000-15,000 years. Hawks will also help pilot Hawks said he enjoys getting to Massive Open Online Courses on travel internationally where ancient campus that will offer online classes people lived and research their to UW Madison students and the influence on modern humans. hawks page 3 “We’re all part Neanderthal,”
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ASM Sustainability Committee Chair Collin Higgins said the fair intended to help groups form ideas for next year’s campaigns.
Engineering Department to offer virtual internships For the first time, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Engineering Department will offer first-year engineering students virtual internships which are designed to draw young female students to the field, according to a university news release. Starting in fall 2013, the department will offer two virtual internships in which students will conduct research, test prototypes and
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propose solutions to realistic engineering problems. The internships are designed to teach students engineering skills while giving them opportunities to practice skills they will need in the field, such as communication and collaboration, the release said. According to the release, research by Epistemic Games Group suggests simulation pro-
grams increase women’s interest in engineering, and females in programs such as the virtual internships will be more motivated to earn an engineering degree. Professor and Epistemic Games Group collaborator Naomi Chesler said in the release women are underrepresented in the engineering field, and drawing them to the field would increase diversity in the engineering workforce.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”